Monday, February 13, 2012

This was supposed to be a snack bento for TinySprite to keep her busy after school while her brother finished up his homework. It turns out she didn't have a big enough appetite after school to finish this, though. She put away the mini-wiches and the egg, but that was it. I cut a cucumber cup for blackberries, and tossed some grapes, strawberries and carrots into the mix. I also dyed a quail egg in beet juice after forming a heart shape using Anna The Red's method here. It was tricky, seeing as how quail eggs are rather smallish and kind of delicate. If you press too hard you'll crack the egg, which I kind of did as you can see. I added a nori face and some wings, which is my current favorite thing to do ever since I found these cool wing picks. I rarely make cutout sandwiches, because I'm not one to save crusts and odd pieces of bread for croutons or breadcrumbs or whatever it is you're supposed to save all those ends for, and then it's such a waste. But I wanted to use the little mini sandwich cutters that I received from a bentopal (aren't they cute?). I know other charaben makers are asked what they do with their leftover food scraps. After making these little peanut butter and jam cuties, I was suddenly approached by the resident scrap disposal, who often makes an appearance when he hears exclamations coming from the kitchen, such as "Oh no!", "Oops!", and "Crap!" (or variations thereupon). How can I refuse a face like this?

I love the idea of flying pink heart in this bento! Cute heh ... (^.^)How is TS doing? Is she getting use with her cast? Not in a bad mood or something like that right? Because I knew she's pretty active. Glad that you found the wing picks, cool ... they are transparent :)

Flying hearts <3!TS is doing well with her cast; we had a checkup yesterday and things are healing properly with no pain. She can remove her sling and start exercising her arm more now (but no bike riding or horseback riding!)Thanks Lia!

Really cute snack bento, your famer's market fruit always looks so mouth watering...the fruit here in Finland is sad sad sad! But I can almost remember perfectly sweet & juicy fruit by your photos! And same here with our pooch, when she sees the 10 month old going in the high chair she knows soup's on...or whatever else hits the floor! (They do whatever they can to assist us right!) LOL

Instead of fruit in Finland's winter I look forward to seeing all the beautiful baked goods and sweets your country is famous for! Those doggies know where the goods come from, don't they?Thanks berrygirl!

Oooh... so cute little heart! Anything mini mini mini is cute! I hope TS just wasn't that hungry... I would totally gobble the sandwiches... no mercy!Aw... and do I still need to say I love your dog? *pat pat*

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I am a former research scientist turned stay-at-home-mom of 2 who got started with bento in an effort to help my kids learn that eating healthy and nutritious foods can be fun and cute. I make a bento lunch for my 14yo (9th grade) son & my 10yo (5th grade) daughter every school day, and post the pictures on my sherimiya ♥ flickr photostream. Here in this blog is where I describe each bento, and you'll also get a peek inside our family adventures. Thanks for taking a look, and please let me know what you think ^-^!